All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased.
Ver. 14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee.] Thy sweethearts, thine idols, thy carnal friends, thy priests, prophets, riches, pleasures, all these have given thee the bag, as we say; they stand aloof from thy help.
They seek thee not.] Sink thou mayest, or swim, for them; thou art no part of their care.
For I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy.] As if I cared not where I hit thee, or how much I hurt thee.
With the chastisement of a cruel one.] So it may seem, and so Job thought; Job 30:21 but that was his error. See here what a pass a saint may be at, and how deeply he may suffer, when his sins are increased. God, out of love displeased, may lay upon him and not spare, leave bloody wales on his back, &c. Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit.
For the multitude of thine iniquities.] Because thy sins are many and mighty, or bony. See Amos 5:12. See Trapp on " Amo 5:12 "